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Secret Life Of Us - The Complete Series
[ Via Vision DVD / 25 DVD Box Set - released 5/Nov/2020 ] The Secret Life of Us traces the often tumultuous life of a group of friends in their mid-twenties who live in a St Kilda apartment building and are all looking for the same things - love, sex, romance and success. The problem is they haven't worked... |
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Signed, Sealed & Delivered - The Definite Edition [Includes The Movie]
[ Via Vision DVD Box Set / 15 DVD Box Set - released 14/Oct/2021 ] Signed, Sealed, Delivered introduces a quartet of postal workers in the Dead Letter Office who transform themselves into a untraditional team of detectives to track down intended recipients of undeliverable mail. |
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Stargate 2 Disc Set
[ Via Vision Entertainment DVD / DVD - released 24/May/2023 ] In 1928, an ancient Egyptian artefact covered in strange symbols is excavated at the foot of the Great Pyramids. Decades later the American Government recruits the help of Egyptologist Dr Daniel Jackson (James Spader) to decode the secret of these... |
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Stylus Brush & Fluid Cleaning Set
[ Vinyl Care / Media Cleaning - released 13/Nov/2020 ] Includes anti-static stylus cleaning brush and cleaning fluid. |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: Fennimore and Gerda (complete opera in German with comprehensive booklet) Peter Coleman-Wright, Judith Howarth, Randi Stene, Aage Haugland, Annette Simonsen, / Danish National Radio Choir & Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 12/Aug/1997 ] "Stene sings so beautifully and projects the allure and the predicament of Fennimore so strongly that it might be renamed 'Fennimore: a tragedy':" Gramophone |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande (complete opera with libretto) Francois Le Roux, Jose van Dam, Maria Ewing, Christa Ludwig / Wiener Philharmoniker Chor et Orchestre, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "The superb Abbado which is hands-down a first choice among modern sets." MusicWeb |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Quintets, Quartets, Movements & Fragments Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, Grumiaux Trio, with William Bennett (Flute) [ Philips Complete Mozart Edition Vol 10 / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/1991 ] .Recordings made 1970-1991 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Quintet in C Op. 29 / Sextet in E flat Op. 71 / Sextete in E flat Op. 81b Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, incls Kenneth Sillito (violin) Andrew Marriner (clarinet) Stephen Orton (violin) Timothy Brown (h [ Philips / CD - released 10/Apr/1993 ] The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF) Chamber Ensemble, particularly in their Philips recordings from the 1980s/early 1990s, is generally praised for creating fresh, polished, and elegant interpretations of Beethoven's chamber works.... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Trio Sonatas Op. 2 & Sonatas for two violins Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble (with Michala Petri (recorder), William Bennett (flute), George Malcolm (harpsichord), etc [ Philips / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Jun/2010 ] The ASMF Chamber Ensemble was formed in 1967, drawing its membership from the principal players of the internationally acclaimed orchestra the Academy of St Martin in the Fields ( |
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LOUIS SPOHR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Spohr: Double Quartets Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/1986 ] Recorded on 8, 9 January 1984. |
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GEORGES BIZET / SERGEI PROKOFIEV / IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Symphony In C / Prokofiev: 'Classical' Symphony / Stravinsky: Pulcinella Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 20/Jun/1987 ] Original recordings from 1968 & 1973 |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Pietra del paragone (complete opera) Agata Bienkowska (mezzo) / Alessandro Codeluppi (tenor) / Raffaele Constantini (bass) / Anna Rita Gemmabella (sop) / Anke Herrmann (sop) [ Naxos Opera Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 2/Jun/2004 ] "Polish mezzo Agata Bienkowska...here evinces a rich-toned flexible voice of considerable promise ..The conductor, Alessandro de Marchi, is well known in early music circles. He brings clear articulation to the ensembles." MusicWeb |
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HANDEL / RAMEAU / BACH / COUPERIN / SCARLATTI / POULENC / etc
Handsome Harpsichord: Best loved classical harpsichord music Alan Cuckston, Laurence Cummings, Luc Beauséjour, Glen Wilson, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichords), Wolfgang Rubsam (lute-harpsichord), etc [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] For those who are new to an instrument, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question and a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of classical music. Spotlighting individual... |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Elias (Elijah) (Complete Oratorio in German) Alastair Miles, Jard van Nes, Helen Donath / Israel Philharmonic, Kurt Masur [ Teldec / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/1993 ] Contains comprehensive book and translations |
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ALBAN BERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Berg String quartet Op. 3 / Lyric Suite - for string quartet Alban Berg Quartet [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/1994 ] Alban Berg (1885-1935) is, arguably, the most approachable of the three great serialist composers who were working in Vienna at the turn of the century - Schoenberg and Webern being the other two. |
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GEORGE LLOYD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lloyd: Eleventh Symphony Albany Symphony Orchestra, George Lloyd [ Albany / CD - released 2/Jul/1990 ] "The performance has all the power and freshness of discovery of a masterwork and the recording is splendidly worthy of the music" Gramophone |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: String Quartets Vol 1 [No 14 K.387 & No 15 K.421] Alberni Quartet [ IMP Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/1992 ] "The recorded sound and balance are impeccable." |
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ALEXIS de CASTILLON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Castillon: Concerto for piano and orchestra, Op.12 / Esquisses symphoniques, Op.15 Aldo Ciccolini (piano) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Georges Pretre [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/1981 ] Recorded: Monte-Carlo, Centre Des Congrès, 25-27, VI & 1.VII.1985 |
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EDWARD ELGAR / FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Piano Quintet / Sospiri / The Farm Yard / Delius: Violin Sonatas 1, 2, & 3 / Cello Sonata Alexander Barantschik, Janice Graham (violins), Israela Margalit (piano), Moray Welsh (cello), and soloists of the London Symphony Orchestra [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 23/Jun/2000 ] "The performers are not a named group but, apart from the pianist, are all orchestral players from the LSO. They give a committed reading with a thoughtful approach to this contemplative, dignified work of Elgar's later years. " MusicWeb |
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ALEXANDER BLECHINGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Blechinger: Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto Alexander Blechinger (violin) Igo Koch (piano) / Philharmonic Bohuslav Martinu, ORF Symphonieorchester, Paul Polivnick [ Antes / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Recorded in 1997 |